Brief bag



Jan. 29, 1957 s. KLEHR 2,779,371

BRIEF BAG Filed June 1o, 1953 BRIEF BAG Samuel Klehr, Newark, N. l.

Application June 10, 1953, Serial No. 360,650

1 Claim. (Cl. ISU-1.6)

The present invention deals with a brief bag and more particularly with a corner reinforcement means for a brief bag.

In the manufacture of brief bags, hand bags and the like, it is a general practice to employ some means for protecting the bottoms of the bag against wear and tear. For example, metallic beads, or the equivalent, such as metal shoes, are secured to the bottoms of brief bags to absorb the wear and tear and to thereby protect the leather or similarly more susceptible materials against wear and tear.

The lower corners of the brief bags are more susceptible to wear than other portions of the brief bags and, therefore, protective shoes, raised beads, and the like, have been secured to the bottoms of the bags in the vicinity of the lower corners of the bags.

However, since the sides of brief bags are usually provided with a stilfening or reinforcing covered framework of wire or metallic strip, and the like, stitched along the contour thereof and slightly inwardly spaced from the edges or periphery of the sides, the bottom corners of the bag, and especially the outer stitchings along the bottom corners, are subject to more wear and tear than other bottom portions because of the protruding nature of the corners due to the curvature or angularity thereof.

Therefore, the lower corners of the reinforced sides of the bags are especially in need of adequate protection against wear and tear more than any other portions of the bag.

Corner reinforcement of brief bags, and the like, has heretofore been inadequate since such reinforcement has been provided by insuiciently protective members, such as an extra layer of the material from which the sides are manufactured, whereby the corners are still subject to bending or tearing under heavy loads or severe handling.

t is an object of the present invention to provide a corner reinforcement for brief bags and the like. It is another object of the present invention to provide a corner reinforcement for brief bags of the type having a reinforcing and stiifening covered framework stitched along the contour of the sides thereof and slightly inwardly spaced from the periphery of the sides. It is a further object of the present invention to provide a corner reinforcement for brief bag panels which are cooperative with the stiening means employed along the contour of the panels of the bag. YIt is a still further object of the present invention to provide a corner reinforcement for brief bags which as a unitary member not only protects the bottom corners of the brief bag sides but also the entire bottom of the brief bag sides against wear and tear. Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the description hereinafter following and the drawings forming a part hereof in which:

Fig. 1 illustrates a perspective view of a brief bag provided with corner reinforcing means,

nited States Patent 0 CFI Fig. 2 illustrates a fragmentary view of a conventional brief bag corner construction,

Fig. 3 illustrates a front elevational view of a corner reinforcement means according to the present invention,

Fig. 4 illustrates an end view of Fig. 3,

Fig. 5 illustrates a perspective view of the corner reinforcement means according to the present invention,

Fig. 6 illustrates a partly elevational and partly plan view of the embodiments of the present invention, and

Fig. 7 illustrates an exaggerated cross-sectional view of the corner construction of a brief bag according to the present invention.

According to the present invention a rigid brief bag corner reinforcement means of particular construction is provided for embracing the corners of brief bags and like and adapted to not only protect the corners and bottoms of the bag against wear and tear but also to cooperate with a covered stitfening framework stitched along the contour of the panels in such manner that the framework and consequently the panel itself is prevented from bending at the corners.

Fig. l illustrates one type of brief bag to which the corner reinforcement means of the present invention is applicable.` The brief bag may comprise two sides 1 and 2, handles 3 and gusset 4. The handles may be either fixed in carrying position or may be adapted for slideable recession into apertures 5 for `onderarm carriage if desirable. The gusset 4 is preferably recessed between the sides 1 and 2 along the perimeters thereof so that it may be protected against wear, etc., by the sides 1 and 2, which may comprise a material of substantial stiffness in `combination'with suitable resiliency, e. g. leather of appropriate thickness. Slide fastener 6 extends downwardly along the gusset 4 to a terminal '7., The side edges 8 and 9 and bottom edges 1t) of sides 1 and 2 are reinforced by a covered stitfening framework hereinafter more particularly described, and the corner reinfocement means 11 of the present invention is provided for each bottom corner of the bag.

Fig. 2 illustrates an enlarged fragmentary view of a conventional brief bag panel construction, e. g. panel 1. Usually a U-shaped integral wire frame 12 consisting of a plurality of wires 13, is stitched along the contour of the panel 1, e. g. along the edges 8 and 1li and spaced slightly inwardly therefrom, by an outer stitching 14 and an inner stitching 15 with the framework contained between the outer and inner stitchings. Preferably, on the inner surface of the panel 1, a cover is employed, e. g. a substantially U-shaped strip 16 of leather or other material to cover the frame, and the said covering strip is secured to the inner surface of the panel by means of the said stitchings 14 and l5. When a bottom corner of the bag, e. g. corner 17, is left unprotected, the said corner is subject to damage since in use the corner 17 abuts against the corner of the frame 13 whereby at least the outer stitching 14 is caused to break and to expose the framework or otherwise damage such as cracking of the panel at the corner due to the separation of the panel from the frame.

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 illustrate the specific embodiment of the invention which cooperates with the framework of the brief bag. This embodiment is a shoe 11, e. g. an L-shaped shoe, comprising a substantially at angular face or front plate 1S having a side edge 19 and a bottom edge 20 forming an angle, e. g. a right angle, and a substantially L-shaped flange 21 along the edges 19 and 20 and projecting angularly outwardly therefrom, e. g. at The portion 22 of the flange at the bottom of the shoe is provided with a raised member or bead 23 on its outer surface, and the inner surface of the ange 21 is substantially smooth for engaging the side edge 8 and bottom edge 10 of the panel 1 adjacent the corner 17.

Apertures 24,1- 25,'and2-26 are formed through the plate ltfonthe Aptrpose hereinafter-described,.

Figs. 6 and 7 illustrate the shoe 11 in cooperative engagement with the frame 12 of the brief bag.

Theshoell is fitted totheLcornerofithe brief bagliso that the inner surface of the flange'ZIembracestheedges oflth'e panel Vtl'adjacent the-corner 17"'withvthe bead 23 positioned at the ibottom'of-.the bag.I

The apertures on the plate '118' are-sollocatedi that; at least one aperturefZ-r' and 26f`-is`1on the 'outside off'the frame-12mm at least one aperitu'reZS on the inside ofthe saidframe and cooperating-'to straddlefsaidframe.` When a securing means isfapplied throughtheapertures, the frametlZW-ill be securelygrippedbetween the securing means f and consequently the shoe f itself *will 'be anchored against movement since the frame 12 -will preventany movement of thetshoe; inv spite' oftheresiliency ofr the panel 1.

Moreover, the shoe' 11,T since itlis-` secured to straddle thelframe byrneans ofthe securing-members, e. g. rivets 27," 2S', and 29, actually stiffe'ns the frame at the vcorners of the bag 'so that the panel `1 is protected'frorn cracking at the'corners due to the bending-of the corners.

Referring particularlyv to' Fig.v 7 the flange portion: 22

has a Width substantially the same as thefcornbined thicK- L ness offthepanel 1, the strip 16 and the gusset 30 yat the location where these members arestitched together by the stitching 14- thethebottom of the bag. This width of the flange is, therefore, sufficient to substantially embrace the edges of the panel and gusset at the corners ofthe bag and to thereby protect the seam serving these mem bers.

ln securing the plate 18 tothepanel 1-, the rivets 27, 28, and 29 pass through onlythe structures associated with the sides of the bag, e. g; the panel 1 and strip 16', and theV gusset is'secured" by stitchingA alone'independent of the said rivets so that any bending of the gusset Vat the vbottom of thebagwillnot be restrained by the rivets, e. g. rivet 29, which would otherwise tend to tear the gusset if the gusset were restrained by a rivet or the like. Moreover, the stitching being located below the rivet will allow greater freedom of the gusset in the opening and closing of the brief bag.

Therefore, the present invention provides a combination of a corner reinforcement and frame for brief bags which not only protectsfthe bottom corners of the brief bag but also the entire bottom andsides adjacent the corners against wear and tear.

A reinforcement.and.,protective shoe .for narrow brief bag corners, comprising a' substantially at L-shaped plate, a side edge and a bottom edge on said plate forming u right angle, a narrow L-shaped flange along the said edges projecting outwardly therefrom at right angles, the bottom surface of..V theiliangefhaving a-. centrally` located raised memberlon; itsiouter surface, anda plurality of apertures formed through said flat plate only.

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